Awarded· 12 Mar 2024
Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:25
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. It was awarded on 12 March 2024.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 9 May 2025. The notice number is 020234-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-051039.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) has completed the procurement process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, awarding the "Care At The Chemist - Knowsley" contract. This health services contract, classified under CPV code 85100000, covers multiple pharmacies across Knowsley within the Cheshire and Merseyside region, offering community pharmacy consultations for minor ailments.
The procurement stage is marked as complete, with the contract having commenced on 1st April 2024 and expired on 31st March 2025. Key decisions were approved by the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee on 12th March 2024, with special attention to conflict of interest policies. The procurement method used was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
This tender presents opportunities for both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large businesses within the pharmacy sector to expand into providing essential healthcare services. Pharmacies equipped to manage minor ailment consultations can benefit from involvement in this scheme to enhance their service offerings, particularly in areas where patients increasingly prefer consulting pharmacists over general practitioners for such services.
The direct award nature of this procurement facilitates easier access for pharmacies that meet the criteria and are strategically located within the designated region.
The notice in full
Care at the Chemist allows pharmacists to provide a range of treatments for minor ailments to patients within Knowsley. The Care at the Chemist scheme allows patients to consult a community pharmacist rather than a GP for a defined list of minor ailments. Patients who are exempt from NHS prescription charges receive treatment from an agreed local formulary free of charge.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected Knowsley pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and expired on the 31st March 2025. The service is activity based and contract value will be based on service usage.
Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Number of suppliers
- 24
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large, SME
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 020234-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051039
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- Postcode
- WA1 1QY
- Electoral ward
- Bewsey and Whitecross
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Delivery area
- East Merseyside
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Warrington
- Area
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Richard Hampson
- Address
- Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley
Who won the Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
Who is the buyer for Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Richard Hampson.
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